Kuala Lumpur Tower
The Menara Kuala Lumpur ( KL Menara short, English:. Kuala Lumpur Tower or KL Tower ) is 421 meters, the highest TV tower in Malaysia and the seventh highest in the world. He stands on the 90 meter high Bukit Nanas ( German: Pineapple Hill) in the Malaysian capital, thus allowing the view from the top of the Petronas Towers. Owner of the tower is a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia.
History
The construction work for the Menara KL can be divided into three phases. In the first phase, which began on 4 October 1991, the construction site along Jalan Punchak was distributed and started the excavation work. The work was completed on 15 August 1992. In the second phase, the foundation was formed in 1992 from 6 July and 50,000 cubic meters of concrete poured within 31 hours of the excavation. The foundation work was completed on 15 April 1993.
In May of the following year began to pull up the tower shaft and to build the tower basket. The 317 meter high tower shaft has at the foot of a diameter of 24.5 meters, at the transition to the tower basket, it measures 13.16 meters. Built in the sliding form building has an area of 83,000 square meters. The topping out ceremony with the installation of the antenna mast was held on 13 September 1994. Following the public and safety devices are installed. Was first opened for visitors to the Tower on 23 July 1996. The official opening ceremony took place on 1 October 1996 in the presence of the then Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad instead.
Description
Architecture and Construction
The foundation of the television tower stands 17 meters deep and has a maximum diameter of 54 meters. The shaft has a diameter of 24.5 meters which tapers up to 13.6 meters. The thickness of the tower shaft varies between 1.4 meters and 60 centimeters. Four high-speed elevators transport visitors to the eight-storey tower basket, which is located at an altitude of 276 meters. Alternatively, there are 2058 levels available. The tower basket has six main levels with a total area of 7770 square meters, an observation deck and a revolving restaurant. The tower basket has in its maximum expansion diameter of 49.8 meters. The ceilings in this building were manufactured as a composite structure, consisting of 32 each by steel ring carrier -borne segments, 16 radial frame from rolled sections. The antenna support consists of a four-walled truss construction. The steel antenna on the roof is 86 meters high. The total mass of the tower is 100,000 tons, including 45,000 tons of concrete, 5,300 tons of reinforced concrete. The steel structures have a mass of 1,300 tons.
The tower connects Islamic architectural elements with modern architecture. Another unusual feature is the slightly molded tower shaft which reminds us of the design of classical columns. The lobby is decorated with glass -clad domes that sparkle like diamonds with appropriate light.
The floors of the tower top are divided into the following functional areas:
Still exists a mezzanine between the 6th level and the roof to 335 meters.
Architect of the tower were Kumpulan Senireka Sdn. Bhd. , The construction was for the German construction Wayss & Freytag. Technical support came from the project by the engineering firm Arup and based in Kuala Lumpur branch Arup Jururunding.
Use
The tower is open to the public as a lookout. The rotating restaurant seats 300 guests and turns in 90 minutes around its own axis. In addition, the operator on the roof of the tower top at 335 meters above sea level, a base-jumping station. To this end, since 1999, international jump events. At the base of the tower there is a building with 80'417, 5 square meters of floor space, which provides, among others, a small theater for up to 50 spectators and an amphitheater with up to 250 seats.
The Menara KL serves as a transmission tower for directional radio, GSM, emergency radio, and radio and television programs. In addition, he met for the Navy, the Meteorological Institute and the Office to function as a monitoring station.
Others
The Menara Kuala Lumpur is motif on the back of the two- ringgit note of the third series, which has been in circulation since 1996.